We were delighted to
discover a series of pastel drawings called Innamorati in the Jean
Cocteau Museum in Menton, France. The pictures, below, show a local couple, the
tanned male fisherman in traditional cap, and the sheltered, pale peasant girl
in scarf, in various stages of their courtship, including moonlit serenades and
embraces on the beach at Menton.

Imagine our surprise when we found Cocteau's
alternative, homoerotic drawings of that same fisherman in a book I bought the
following week in Paris. I would like to think that, today, that Menton
fisherman wouldn't have to get married to the girl, but could instead play with
his male friends on the beach as he clearly wants to do...